Dvorak

The Cleveland Orchestra is considered one of the world’s most highly regarded music ensembles. Led by music director Franz Welser-Möst, it will offer two concert performances of Richard Strauss’s “Daphne” on July 15th and 18th at Avery Fisher Hall. It will also perform two additional programs, featuring works by Messiaen, Dvorák, Beethoven, and Strauss, on July 16th and 17th at the same venue.

Kristine Opolais stars in a new production of the Dvořák fairy-tale opera that first won her international acclaim as the water nymph Rusalka. Also starring Brandon Jovanovich, Katarina Dalayman, Eric Owens and Jamie Barton. Mark Elder conducts.